ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,413, issued on July 8, was assigned to B. BRAUN MEDICAL INC. (Bethlehem, Pa.).
"Fluid handling systems and methods" was invented by Kai-Uwe Ritter (Bethlehem, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dialysis system with post dialysis aseptic blood return including a fluid source, a dialyzer, a pump, a venous line, an arterial line, a bridge line coupled between the venous line and the arterial line, and a fluid source line coupled between the fluid source and a fluid port of the arterial line downstream for the bridge line. Aseptic blood return after dialysis is performed by blocking the arterial line between the bridge line and the flui...